Author: Doc Riddle

In a fitting conclusion to a season which saw many of Kansas City’s top prospects on their roster, in turn leading to their being one of the youngest teams in the league, the Lexington Legends edged the Lakewood BlueClaws, 2-1, taking the series three games to one and earning their first championship since the team […]

After hitting the road for what probably seemed like a ridiculously-long bus trip, the Legends took Game Three of the SAL Championship, 6-3. This one saw the two teams commit a combined nine errors, two wild pitches, two balks, and a passed ball. Kyle Isbel, Nick Pratto, Cristian Perez, and Jeison Guzman had a pair […]

Tomorrow at Lakewood, it’s Game Three of the South Atlantic League Championship, and Lexington has yet another promising hurler on the mound. Here’s a quick overview of the Legends starter, Daniel Lynch. Lynch has seemingly cruised through his short stint here in Class-A. Lynch’s arsenal is centered around a fastball that sits comfortably around 90-92 and […]

After a bitter defeat at the hands of the visiting Lakewood BlueClaws on Monday, a loss that saw their bullpen falter to the tune of five runs in the ninth inning, the Lexington Legends took back their house in a 5-2 win on Tuesday in Game Two of the SAL Championship. We saw another dominant […]

The beauty of baseball is that anything, anything can happen, as long as you’ve got outs left. But beauty to one team may be beastly to another. Making their second appearance in the South Atlantic League Championship, as they were declared co-champions while holding a 2-0 lead in their inaugural season with the Asheville Tourists when […]

Today, for the first time in twelve years, the Lexington Legends are playing postseason baseball. They face off against the Rome Braves (71-62 overall, 40-29 in the first half), the first-half champion of the Southern Division in the South Atlantic League. The Legends (76-60 overall, 39-29 in the second half) finished the year as the […]

Scooped up by the Royals in a draft that saw them acquire both Jackson Kowar and Brady Singer in the first round, Daniel Lynch could end up rounding out this trio in a big-league rotation in a few years. The Virginia starter signed for $1,697,500 as the 34th-overall pick in this year’s draft, immediately after […]

A 5th-round pick in 2017 out of McClancy Memorial High School in East Elmhurst, NY, RHP Charlie Neuweiler has quietly acclimated himself to professional baseball. After becoming one of only 64 prep-level players selected in the first ten rounds in last year’s draft, Neuweiler made his first pro start for the rookie-level Burlington Royals in […]

An eighth-round pick out of the University of Central Oklahoma, LHP Holden Capps has quietly been posting some very good performances for Class-A Lexington. Coming off of a high school career that saw him make the All-District, All-Area, and All-State teams for Lawton High School in 2013, Capps began his collegiate career with Redlands Community […]

Signed as a free agent in 2015 out of Venezuela, Andres Sotillet has been somewhat under the radar when compared to the virtual logjam of talent now residing in Lexington. However, fans are starting to become very aware of him, as he has steadily built a reputation for pinpoint control and versatility. Sotillet began his […]